Sept 08 - Insert witty title 'here'

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Sorry about the crap title ladies, I was lacking inspiration and we were up to our limit on posts!

picking up dirty washing sounds familiar

as does going out and packing all the bags, getting the kids ready, sorting the food and tickets just to forget one small thing and be berated or comments to the kids 'mummy forgot ....' (usually accompanied by you've been up for ... hours - because I was up with M while he slept in until 30 mins before we had to leave

It's not that he can't do it - he thinks 'cos I 'only' work 3 days a week I should do it all.

We've spent all day with the family we met yesterday which has been great as H has been fine and the kids have been amused.

Just come back from an all you can eat BBQ incl salads, pudding and a glass of wine for any mums for £6 kids free

Every post about your h makes me want to smack him just that little bit more! I wonder who he will blame for forgetting things when its just him with the dc with sole responsibility??????

So.

Potty training not going well but I am giving it til tomorrow at least before I give up. He wee'd and poo'd in his pants a few times yesterday but did 2 wees on the potty - but only because we put him on it due to the accidents.

He is quite happy to wear pants (they are "Cars" ones!) so thats something!

Ah. He has just done another poo in his pants....sigh.

What am I doing wrong???????

Oh.

My uncle has died so I am flying to Ireland tomorrow for the funeral on Tuesday...so potty training will be cancelled I think.

sorry to hear that Becaroooo

Thanks ninja

He was ill and it wasnt unexpected but I still feel shocked Mum is pretty cut up and my aunt is being hysterical about it all

"We'll never get a flight in time!" Sigh. She lives in london fgs!!!! She could get 10 flights a day to Dublin!!!! Mad old bat

oh bec . Sorry to hear about your Uncle.

Potty training still hasn't happened in this house. I was going to try this weekend but behaviour levels were rock bottom (I've been bitten, hit, kicked, had things thrown at me, DS wee-d on the sofa, DD tried to flood the bathroom and they haven't slept) so I'm beyond caring.

It did occur to me that when I potty trained DS at 3.3 he had been poo-ing in the potty for months and happy to do quite a few wee's on it too.

DD, however, refuses to poo on the potty and only does 2/3 wee's a week on it despite me suggesting it to her all the time, even nursery can't get her interested in using their little toilets. I might have a bash next weekend and see if we can make any headway before the Autumn kicks in but if not then we'll do it in April.

Thanks meg Sounds like you have had a good weekend too!

Well here I am and wide awake

Cant sleep. Dreading the next few days.....my mum can be difficult to deal with at the best of times so I will probably be spending the next few days calming her down and trying to make sure my aunt doesnt offend anyone

Worried about ds1...he is very upset about me going away. He gets very anxious about things and hates change.

Potty training officially called off til I get back - might even wait til after the move...sigh.

Why cant I sleep?????

Oh Becs what a hard time you're having. Hope things go as well as they can.

Meglet I feel your pain and you have double the number! I have to say, apart from Sunday morning when DP was in a paddy cos C wouldn't brush her teeth, this weekend was much better than recent ones! We had a bbq yesterday and invited all my mummy friends and their partners/kids along. It was great and C was an angel . I think it helped that 2 of the boys spent most of the day fighting and their parents tore their hair out and than drank wine to numb the pain I was just relieved it wasn't C creating the fuss!

Hope all is 'OK' ninja (well, as ok as it can be.)

I am working from home all week and am test driving a new car today and we're of to see Harry P on Wednesday thanks to MIL babysitting. Yay!

Really must go and have a shower and pack!

Thanks for the messages.

Will be glad when this trip is over

Oh bec you poor thing, it never rains but it pours!

ninja can I join the queue of people to tear strips off your H?! Can you agree while the kids aren't around that you won't talk in front of them, then next time he tries it you can say "remember we agreed not to make arrangements in front of the DDs" rather than entering into the discussion? Its so underhand what he's doing, I really hope solicitors are able to help.

The builders have let us down again (no surprise there...) and its only 17 days now til this baby is due, DH is convinced its coming on Friday (?!). ILs arriving tomorrow to help out. I've been doing lots of craft with the kids as it involves us all sitting up at the table and I don't have to bend or play on the floor, but I've already finished our craft idea for the day by 10am on Monday so now they're watching tv . Might take a walk to the post box soon, rock on.

mrsA glad you had a good weekend, I love a big BBQ!

Oh ninj.

carrie Looking after two kids single handedly while 8 1/2 mths pregnant is something I couldn't have done in my wildest dreams. And what else is tv for? Sorry about the builders.

Our potty training took a slight step back at the weekend. DD did 3 wees in her pants after being dry for weeks and totally confident with the potty. It seemed deliberate. MrP and I are not sure what to do, but I am pretty sure you are not supposed to punish 'accidents'.

Any ideas? Did anyone else regress after seeming to master it?

I thought we should go back to giving her little rewards every time she does a wee in the potty. When she was learning she got a star for every wee, two stars for a poo. 10 stars meant she got a surprise - usually a new Thomas book. (We stopped because she seemed such an old hand at it and MrP thought it was a bit silly to keep making such a fuss.)

Or should we actually get cross with her? Yesterday she was standing in front of us and clearly knew she was weeing!

Whoops! I mean becs.

FP don't get cross you are just setting yourself up for more accidents. Praise the times she goes on the potty and try and shrug off the accidents so she doesn't get a reaction.
I think they do regress a bit as we make such a fuss so they are constantly thinking of weeing. once they get it we back off a bit and their concentration lapses.IYSWIM.
Or it could be a uti or a bit of defiance

bec - hope the funeral and all go well.

Re potty training - ds came home from nursery today in the same pants he went in! We're certainly getting somewhere. I got given that Eliz Pantley No Cry Potty book on the weekend which said it takes 3 months to a year for a child to be 'reliably' toilet trained and reassured me ds is normal. He also asked to go to the potty for the first time this evening (no output - he's got a bit constipated). So looking forward to going scooter shopping soon. :)

Saw GP today - I must look really rough as she said unasked she was signing me off work for 2 weeks and asked if that was enough! I didn't argue at all. [dead dishrag emoticon]

Oh no nc. How are you feeling in yourself?

bookmarking. Haven't been here for ages.

Fanny - not bad as long as I lie down! Vertigo means I keep toppling over when I sit up. I did manage to get A to nursery today, but took about 30 min to walk home (usually just over 10).
At least in 2 weeks time they can prescribe me some decent painkillers - though codiene is great stuff but sends me totally away with the fairies, so fine as long as I don't need to do anything.

Time to go back to bed!

NC when I was pregnant with Robyn I got vertigo and it was awful. They put me on meds and it helped, until I lay down. I had to sit half lying or everything span

NC vertigo is horrible. I get it every so often whether pg or not. Poor you.

Becs hope your trip to Ireland is manageable and your family are ok.

I am knackered today. C keeps waking about 3am for a poo! She won't do one in her night time nappy (which is a good thing I think) but she gets us up and we take her to the loo where she wees and trumps then goes back to bed! Argghh. I'm not sleeping well anyway cos 24 wks and hot but we are now grumpy and wishing she would go at a more civilised hour! She's not constipated, she just decides she's awake so might as well try to have one. Roll on 13 wks on Thursday when I finish for mat leave and I can send her to nursery and go back to bed with the baby!!

That is a weird time to need a poo
Do you think it could be something in her diet which you could switch so she poos either before bed ar when she gets up?

We are sweltering here, Robyn has spent most of the day naked, again. he did put clothes on to wash the car but stripped off again as soon as she could

3am is an odd poo time. Is C really active in the day-time and not taking time out to relax on the loo and have a poo? DS tends to tear around all day and if he hasn't done one for 24hrs or so I march him to the bathroom and tell him he needs to sit down for a while and see if a poo comes out (I chat to him / put laundry away / pluck my eyebrows while we're upstairs). And, hey presto, a poo always arrives . If I left it up to him he'd play all day, put it off and end up with tummy ache / constipation.

well I survived the holiday - being around another family was good as he couldn't be argumentative

Got back to 'oh the house is such a mess, you should be ashamed of yourself ...' the cheek as it's now MY house! Plus I've been sorting out his stuff for the last few weeks (which are piled around)

Never mind.

Off to London on Saturday with DD1 to visit relatives and do the sights so must concentrate on that

NC hope you're feeling better soon

Hi all.

Back from Ireland.

Very sad day yesterday.....went to see other family members whilst we were there and was really to see how frail some of them are now

Service was lovely and I cried a lot but last night we stayed at my aunts and there was lots of laughter and joking with my cousins

ninja ugh.....what an idiot!!!!

sigh...family really is all that matters, isnt it???

NC Oh you poor thing! I had vertigo once years ago and it was horrid (my mum accused me of being hungover as I kept falling over!!)

Re; potty training...am going to wait til we have moved I think now. The nursery where he is going is a private one so its not a rule that they have to be trained before they start.

My in-laws are amazing, its official. They've done so much DIY and cleaning this week, and loads of childcare. I've just been out for 2 hours while DS slept and got a change mat for the baby (I have to admit that DS is not going to be potty trained in the next 2 weeks so a second change mat is essential!!) and lots of other jobs that were much easier for being child free. Now I'm back they've told me to rest, and have taken the DCs blackberry picking :)

mrsA do you think she's getting confused with needing a wee and a poo at that time of night? Can you put a potty in her room so she can wee and go back to bed do you think? That might be poor advice from me given that my DCs are still in nappies and have no idea about needing a wee overnight. DD tends to poo in the evenings though, we'll put her to bed and then she'll get up and do one in her own time before settling down to sleep for the night.

bec glad you got to go and be with family, but sorry it was in such horrible circumstances.

DD has started to really get jokes, so DS tried to make one up too:

DS: "what did the buzzy bee say when he bumped his bottom on his brother?"
Me: "I don't know, what did the buzzy bee say when he bumped his bottom on his brother?"
DS: "ouch!"

Cue hysterical laughter from DS, and of course I can't help myself coz he's just so cute and I totally crack up too so he thinks the joke is actually funny and keeps re-telling it....!

bec I know what you mean - it's such a shame that the only chance to catch up with family is at occasions like this. When my grannies died I looked around and realised it would be the last time I'd see a lot of these relatives. Saying that it was great to see them and hear all the stories that come out.

Carrie I'm actually quite impressed with that joke - at least it makes sense. Trust me my 8 year old makes up things that are less funny than that!!